Lyme neuroborreliosis in children

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-240

  Christen, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood; Facial palsy; Lyme borreliosis; Lymphocytic meningitis; Neuroborreliosis

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TICK BITE;

EID: 0029898317     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899609033125     Document Type: Review

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